🌾 Agape Love Daily Chuckwagon Recipe – February 7🍲 Old-Country Beef & Noodle Camp Soup

🌾 Agape Love Daily Chuckwagon Recipe – February 7

🍲 Old-Country Beef & Noodle Camp Soup

A simple, soul-warming classic — tender beef, soft noodles, and rich broth made to comfort.

Serves: 6–8Cook Time: 45–50 minutes

This soup is the kind you let simmer while the house is quiet — familiar flavors, gentle warmth, and deep comfort.

🥩 Ingredients

• 1 lb beef stew meat or chuck roast, cut into small pieces

• 2 tbsp butter or bacon grease

• 1 small onion, diced

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 3 carrots, sliced

• 2 celery stalks, chopped

• 5 cups beef broth

• 1½ cups egg noodles (or broken spaghetti)

• 1 tsp thyme

• ½ tsp black pepper

• Salt to taste

• Optional: bay leaf

🍳 Instructions

1. Brown the BeefHeat butter or bacon grease in a Dutch oven. Brown beef lightly on all sides.

2. Build the BaseAdd onion and garlic; cook until fragrant.

3. Add Vegetables & BrothStir in carrots, celery, broth, thyme, pepper, and bay leaf.Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce heat.

4. SimmerCover and simmer 30–35 minutes, until beef is tender.

5. Add NoodlesStir in noodles and simmer 8–10 minutes, until tender.

6. ServeRemove bay leaf. Ladle into bowls and serve with biscuits or crackers.

🤠 Chuckwagon Tip

Noodle soups were a trail favorite because they stretched meat and filled bellies fast — simple, affordable, and deeply satisfying.